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Mods don't work for Reddit. They volunteer for Reddit moderation. Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. They are n

Mods don't work for Reddit. They volunteer for Reddit moderation. Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. They are not an employee. People who don't like what Reddit is doing should stop showing up. Mods who don't like it should stop moderating. It's as simple as that, if enough people agree, Reddit will be no more. I will bet Reddit will be just fine.

KeplerBoy 3y ago
Of course there are within their rights from a legal pov. Doesn't change the fact that it's a terrible, outright hostile move.
- goatlover 3y ago
  It was hostile by mods to close a sub like r/nba the day after the finals, and hostile to close an important sub like r/science. A poll with a small fraction of the users that was only up for a few hours and potentially brigaded doesn't mean the majority of actual users wanted those subs to close.
  - Timon3 3y ago
    How would the poll have to be done to convince you it's what the majority of actual users want?
    - goatlover 3y ago
      Open for a couple days in advance and only for members of that sub. The indefinite one should have opened up for a new vote. Maybe r/nba could have provided a link to an alternative sub for discussing the nba finals on Monday.
      - Timon3 3y ago
        > Open for a couple days in advance and only for members of that sub. How do you do that? Specifically, how would you limit the poll?
bbor 3y ago
> Would mods be employee Also breaking out “nothing they’re doing is illegal!!” isn’t exactly the slam dunk many seem to think it is, IMO.
visarga 3y ago
> Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. A DND club with an IPO?
- jonathankoren 3y ago
  The club isn't IPOing. The real estate investment trust that hosts the DND club is. Ironically the REIT's main appeal to investors is that it's popular with DND clubs.
faangsticle 3y ago
They work for reddit for free. You can work for someone without an employment contract or official relationship.
PepperdineG 3y ago
>Mods don't work for Reddit. They volunteer for Reddit moderation. Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. They are not an employee. DND has no control over people doing DND at a local hobby shop, but if Reddit gets directly involved in hiring and firing and other such management of free labor then it is setting up to be viewed as an employer. There are many differences between an unaffiliated 3rd party club and direct corporate involvement in personnel management where the more Reddit tries to manage its free labor, the more it runs the risk of running afoul of FLSA. Under labor law there is a difference in working for free for a non-profit, government, etc versus a for-profit entity where they are not the same when it comes to providing free labor and FLSA rights cannot be waived away.
- mmcgaha 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program
- jimcsharp 3y ago
  I'd love to see a poison mod take up their offer then and start the ball rolling on asserting some rights.
- mulletbum 3y ago
  They aren't firing mods, they are telling the mods they can't come in the store anymore, they are free to look through the window.

KeplerBoy 3y ago

Of course there are within their rights from a legal pov. Doesn't change the fact that it's a terrible, outright hostile move.

goatlover 3y ago
It was hostile by mods to close a sub like r/nba the day after the finals, and hostile to close an important sub like r/science. A poll with a small fraction of the users that was only up for a few hours and potentially brigaded doesn't mean the majority of actual users wanted those subs to close.
- Timon3 3y ago
  How would the poll have to be done to convince you it's what the majority of actual users want?
  - goatlover 3y ago
    Open for a couple days in advance and only for members of that sub. The indefinite one should have opened up for a new vote. Maybe r/nba could have provided a link to an alternative sub for discussing the nba finals on Monday.
    - Timon3 3y ago
      > Open for a couple days in advance and only for members of that sub. How do you do that? Specifically, how would you limit the poll?

bbor 3y ago

> Would mods be employee Also breaking out “nothing they’re doing is illegal!!” isn’t exactly the slam dunk many seem to think it is, IMO.

visarga 3y ago

> Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. A DND club with an IPO?

jonathankoren 3y ago
The club isn't IPOing. The real estate investment trust that hosts the DND club is. Ironically the REIT's main appeal to investors is that it's popular with DND clubs.

faangsticle 3y ago

They work for reddit for free. You can work for someone without an employment contract or official relationship.

PepperdineG 3y ago

>Mods don't work for Reddit. They volunteer for Reddit moderation. Much like you can volunteer to be the leader of the DND club at a local hobby shop. They are not an employee. DND has no control over people doing DND at a local hobby shop, but if Reddit gets directly involved in hiring and firing and other such management of free labor then it is setting up to be viewed as an employer. There are many differences between an unaffiliated 3rd party club and direct corporate involvement in personnel management where the more Reddit tries to manage its free labor, the more it runs the risk of running afoul of FLSA. Under labor law there is a difference in working for free for a non-profit, government, etc versus a for-profit entity where they are not the same when it comes to providing free labor and FLSA rights cannot be waived away.

mmcgaha 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program
jimcsharp 3y ago
I'd love to see a poison mod take up their offer then and start the ball rolling on asserting some rights.
mulletbum 3y ago
They aren't firing mods, they are telling the mods they can't come in the store anymore, they are free to look through the window.